NHS Record Management Code of Practice

This link takes you to a couple of pretty weighty documents that set out the NHS Record Management Code of Practice.

In the first Document alone Sections 1, 2 and 3 cover:-

  • Types of Records Covered by the Code of Practice
  • Monitoring Records Management Performance
  • Legal and Professional Obligations
  • NHS Connecting for Health
  • Social Care Records
  • NHS Records Management
  • Management and Organisational Responsibility
  • Individual Responsibility 10 Policy and Strategy
  • Record Creation
  • Information Quality Assurance
  • Record Keeping
  • Record Maintenance
  • Scanning
  • Disclosure and Transfer of Records
  • Retention and Disposal Arrangements
  • Appraisal of Records
  • Record Closure
  • Record Disposal

You can go to the link above and go through the two documents page by page, or contact one of our experts at Secure Data Recycling who continually update their knowledge and understanding of the NHS Record Management Code of Practice.